Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 09:52
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 935 89% 737 Pts	64-Core 1161 72% 1161 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 105 81% 104 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 76.3 70% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 893 Write 389 Mixed 366 120% 549 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 42.7 170% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 448 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 362 283% 392 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 185%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 41GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 271 282 227 236 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 476 Write 285 Mixed 189 SusWrite 251 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 36.2 142% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 123 128% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 152 146 143 146 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 407 Write 160 Mixed 217 SusWrite 144 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.3 170% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 160 130% 187 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 71 72 71 72 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 122 Write 109 Mixed 66 SusWrite 70.7 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 18GB free Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 45.3 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 62.8 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 54%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.4 8.6 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.06% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 8.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 9.2 11% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3466 C16 4x8GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 137%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,387x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	183x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	178x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16